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NORDIC TALENTS

2015

2–4 SEPTEM BERCREATING NEW NETWORKS

INDEX

WELCOME

PRIZES

PREVIOUS WINNERS

WINNER'S VIEWS

MODERATORS & JURY

SCHOOLS & GRADUATION FILMS

PITCH SESSIONS

PRODUCER'S PITCH

MASTER CLASS

PROGRAMME

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Editor Ann-Sophie W. Birkenes

Design & Artwork by Yellow1.dk

Editorial contributor Annika Pham

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But we also want the producers out of their vaults, on stage, presenting themselves and their mind-set. Aside from watching films and listening to pitches, the Friday’s master class by Niels Pagh Andersen will focus on the emotional power of editing. Throughout the days we want to provide as many mingling chances as possible. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT!

We might not celebrate here unless Svend Abrahamsen, the former CEO of Nordisk Film & TV Fond, had not come up with this idea of bringing talents together. He deserves applause! And another applause for the National Film School of Denmark for hosting the event!

In this catalogue we have listed the previous winners and asked some of them to reflect back on what the pitch prize actually has meant for them. Studying the numbers we realise that two out of three winning projects are in production or have been completed. I think it is a remarkable achievement. Bravo!

To the 15 selected of this year my message is: PITCH US! Think of us as your end audience and make us catch! BEST OF LUCK TO ALL OF YOU.

Petri KemppinenCEO, Nordisk Film & TV Fond

This year we have two birthdays to celebrate. NORDISK FILM & TV FOND WAS ESTABLISHED 25 YEARS AGO and NORDIC TALENTS HAS ITS 15TH ANNIVERSARY. Congratulations to all involved!

When thinking about all of the involved, the numbers are significant. Through these 25 years, Nordisk Film & TV Fond has supported over 1400 films with a total sum of NOK 1,6 billion.

We recently published “Nordic Film Crossing Borders”, a study on the past five years, confirming the common knowledge that our support really matters. More than half of our supported films had a cinema release in at least two of the Nordic countries and almost two third were sold outside the region.

OUR LOGO IS A LABEL, BOTH IN THE NORDIC REGION AND INTERNATIONALLY.

Nordic Talents is the event where we want to emphasize the constant need to build ties between the established industry and newcomers. Since 2001 over 200 new talents have been on stage at this event. The selection is getting tougher year by year, and this time one third of the applicants got through. We are happy to see many soon-to-be graduates as observers at the event to prepare for next year as well.

WELCOME TO NORDIC TALENTS

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WELCOMEWELCOME

CREATING NETWORKS OF

TALENT

PREVIOUS WINNERSPRIZES

2001-2014 NORDIC TALENTS’ PITCH PRIZE AND SPECIAL MENTION WINNERSNORDIC TALENTS PITCH PRIZE

NORDIC TALENTS SPECIAL MENTION PRIZE

2001 NÅR MENNESKER MØDES, Martin Strange-Hansen *BLÓDBÖND / THICKER THAN WATER, Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson

2002 *SØNNER / SONS, Erik Richter Strand & Thomas Torjussen Seeberg *ARMBRYTERSKAN FRÅN ENSAMHETEN / ARMWRESTLER FROM

SOLITUDE, Lisa Munthe & Helen Ahlsson *DUFTEN AF BEIRUT, Dorte Høeg Brask

2003 *AMBULANCEN / AMBULANCE, Laurits Munch-Petersen *JORDEN UNDER MINE FØDDER, Michael Noer

2004 TULLE OG TATO-TOM, Karla Nielsen KALI YUGA, Leonard Palmestål

2005 HJÆLPEREN, Louise Friedberg *TANKOGRAD / TANK CITY, Boris Bertram

2006 *FIVE STAR EXISTENCE, Sonja Lindén 100 METER LYCKA, Maria Nygren

2007 *RASTLØS I PARADIS / RESTLESS IN PARADISE, Olavi Linna WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA DENTATA, David Adam

2008 *MARCO MACACO, Jan Rahbek *SISKO TAHTOISIN JÄÄDÄ / RUN SISTER RUN, Marja Pyykkö

2009 CAIRO, May el-Toukhy & Claudia Siesbye *ELDFJALL / VOLCANO, Rúnar Rúnarsson ÁNGEL, Kristoffer Kiørboe

2010 *BEKAS, Karzan Kader DEN NYE FILMEN, Mariken Halle

2011 VENUS, Lea Glob THE EVACUATION OF ÅBYN, Milad Alami & Stinna Lassen

2012 *PÄIN SEINÄÄ / HEADFIRST, Antti Heikki Pesonen JARLE INDIA UNNI, Liv Karin Dahlstrøm

2013 I REMEMEBER WHEN I DIE, Maria Bäck WINTER BROTHERS, Hlynur Palmason

2014 STORM, Erika Calmeyer & Johan Fasting THE BOYFRIEND, Fanni Metelius

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PRIZES PREVIOUSWINNERS

THE NORDIC TALENTS PITCH PRIZE is handed out to the best project pitched by graduation students during the pitching sessions at Nordic Talents. It is The Nordic Talents Jury who each year motivates and decides who wins The Nordic Talents Pitch Prize. The jury makes its decision based on the project information sent to them previous to the event, the pitch and the student’s graduation films being screened at the event.

The Nordic Talents Pitch Prize of NOK 250,000 is development support granted by Nordisk Film & TV Fond. There must be a production company attached to the winning project before the prize can be activated. Winners will be contacted after the event with details on how to request the prize.

THE NORDIC TALENTS SPECIAL MENTION PRIZE. The Nordic Talents Jury also hands out The Nordic Talents Special Mention Prize. It goes to a project pitched by graduation students during the pitching sessions at Nordic Talents that the jury takes special interest in besides the winner of the main prize. The jury makes its decision based on the project information sent to them previous to the event, the pitch and the student’s graduation films being screened at the event.

The Nordic Talents Pitch Prize of NOK 50,000 is development support granted by Nordisk Film & TV Fond. There must be a production company attached to the winning project before the prize can be activated. Winners will be contacted after the event with details on how to request the prize.

WINNERS'VIEWS

INTERVIEWS

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INTERVIEWS

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STAY TRUE TO YOURSELF!

Since 2001, Nordic Talents has awarded 30 pitch prizes to promising Nordic directors, writers and producers. Nine former Nordic Talents winners share memories and tips. Their golden rule: “Stay True to Yourself”.

NORDIC TALENTS WAS THE BEST START I COULD EVER HAVE IMAGINED - it gave me the opportunity to focus on my documentary film Jorden under mine fødder and gave me a great boost of confidence, something that is nice now that I know that every film and doc takes several years to complete.

MICHAEL NOER

Get lots of hard facts from the industry - is this really something you want to do? If the answer is a strong yes, then you should concentrate on the project/story you want to work with - what does it mean for you, why it is important to make, what moves you in it. When you have all this clear, then just keep it all in mind and go for it. I know it’s a cliché but it’s really all about believing and truly wanting to get something important done. KEEP YOUR VISION CLEAR. And like Jim Jarmusch said: "Don’t let the fuckers get you!"

MARJA PYYKKÖ

Filmmaking is a confidence game and true honest self-esteem is on a permanent short supply. SO WINNING NORDIC TALENTS WAS LIKE A WARM HUG IN THE MIDDLE OF A FREEZING SNOWSTORM. It took the chills out of my bones and it sure beats pissing your pants to feel warm. In other words thank you Nordic Talents, I wish to hug you back some day. Hope you don’t mind if my pants feel wet from time to time when I do it.

ANTTI HEIKKI PESONEN

IT’S A GOOD IDEA TO ENTER THE NORDIC TALENTS PITCHING EVENT. It is a good opportunity to showcase your work. Even if you don’t win it is still a good place to meet a lot of people from the industry.

JAN RAHBEK

STICK TO YOUR IDEA AND KEEP REFINING IT. Every process has a point where it seems to be the worst thing you'll ever make. But work through that and the passion will return and you'll gain deeper insight into your story.

ERIKA CALMEYER

NORDIC TALENTS BECAME A VERY IMPORTANT SPRINGBOARD AFTER MY GRADUATION. The possibility to introduce my first feature and myself to the whole spectrum of the Nordic film business was priceless. The pitch award paved the way for the film and the cash award gave me freedom for further development. Ever since I try my best to come to Nordic Talents to meet up with fellow filmmakers and get inspired by the new talent.

RÚNAR RÚNARSSON

My biggest dream as film student was to do my first feature film, and as a student it was the hardest thing to do. Winning the top prize at Nordic Talents was like getting a stamp of approval from the film industry. I was able to show them that they could dare to invest in me. And they did. Thanks to that, Bekas was made. It changed the lives of many. Mostly mine. THANK YOU NORDIC TALENTS FOR MAKING MY DREAM POSSIBLE!

KARZAN KADER

NORDIC TALENTS REINFORCED MY BELIEF IN THE WORTH AND VALUE OF MY OWN IDEAS and enlarged my network within the industry

MAY EL-TOUKHY

Be true to yourselves. Think carefully about the type of story you want to tell, and how. Ignore trends and ‘no’ men. Find those who believe in you. Be curious, stubborn and humble. Find the courage to admit when you are wrong. Have fun while doing everything seriously. DARE TO BE BRAVE!

HELEN AHLSSON

Stockholm based Finlandswede ANDREA REUTER works as a freelancing moderator and project manager. Amongst her regular customers are the Swedish Film Institute (where she worked for the International Department 2009-2011 as well as 2015) and Göteborg Film Festival, where she at the Nordic Film Market prepares and moderates the seminar TV Drama Vision as well as the works in progress. She has a background as programmer for Stockholm Intl Film Festival and as TV and radio host for various broadcasters.

ANDREA REUTER PROJECT MANAGER

MODERATORS

This year we are proud to have two new, but highly experienced, moderators at Nordic Talents. ANDREA REUTER will be moderating the Producer’s Pitch on Wednesday evening. CECILIE STRANGER-THORSEN will replace Karolina Lidin at the Pitching Sessions on Thursday and Friday.

WE WELCOME THEM TO NORDIC TALENTS!

CECILIE STRANGER-THORSEN CONSULTANT

CECILIE STRANGER-THORSEN is an independent consultant helping Nordic filmmakers find new audiences and new revenue streams. She's developed the Nordisk Panorama Hackathon and established Nordic Transmedia meet-up as a platform for meetings across industries. Cecilie holds an MA in Media and Communication studies from the University of Bergen and has a background from communication, community production and Nordic Public Service collaboration. She started STRANGER in 2009. Based in Malmö, her Nordic clients include DR, DFI, NFI, NRK, Nordic Council of Ministers and Nordic Game.

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LEENA PASANEN is the Managing and Artistic Director of DOK Leipzig (Germany). She started her career as a journalist in 1988 at the Finnish News Agency. During 1993-2005 and 2008-2011 she held various positions at YLE. 2005-2008 she was the Director of EDN in Copenhagen. 2011-2014 she worked in Budapest (Hungary) leading the Finnish Institute and as the cultural attaché at the Finnish Embassy there. She has been a regular expert, tutor and lecturer at several training programmes, as well as a board member of IDFA Forum, INPUT and the Bonnier’s Journalistic Award in Finland, and served as a jury member at ia Sundance and IDFA.

NIKOLAJ NIKITIN is the Eastern Europe delegate for the Berlin International Film Festival. He is the Artistic Director of the editing festival Filmplus and the episodic film Lost and Found. He is also the Artistic Director of the film festival in Palic (Serbia), and curates The Look-competition in Oostende (Belgium). In addition he lectures in film in Germany and abroad, and has worked as an Expert for the Media Programme and EAVE. In August 2013 his workshop initiative SOFA – School of Film Agents kicked of in Wroclaw (Poland). Nikolaj is a member of FIPRESCI, European Film Academy and a board member of Cineuropa.

NIKOLAJ NIKITIN ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

RÚNAR RÚNARSSON graduated from the director’s line of The National Film School of Denmark in 2009. His short films; The Last Farm (2004), 2 Birds (2008) and Anna (2009) received around 100 international awards and lead to nominations for an Academy Award in 2006, the Golden Palm in Cannes in 2008 and the European Film Awards in 2008. He received The Nordic Talents Special Mention Prize in 2009 for his pitch of Volcano the award winning feature debut that later premiered at the 2011 Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes. His 2nd feature Sparrows will premiere in 2015.

RÚNAR RÚNARSSON DIRECTOR

With an MA in dramaturgy from Aarhus University STEEN BILLE worked from 1986 at the Danish Broadcasting Association as a host and editor on radio programmes on current culture. Steen co-wrote Niels Arden Oplev’s internationally award-winning movies We Shall Overcome and Worlds Apart. From April 2010 until July 2015 he worked as a Feature Film Commissioner at the Danish Film Institute, and was the Danish representative to the Board of Management of Eurimages. Together with his wife he has written three novels and a fourth will be published in March 2016.

STEEN BILLE WRITER

LEENA PASANEN MANAGING & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

HELEN AHLSSON FILM COMMISSIONER

JURY

JURY MEMBERS

HELEN AHLSSON graduated from Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts in Film Production in 2002. From 2005 she worked for Tre Vänner. Her credits include several award winning docs and features such as Armwrestler from Solitude (co-directed with Lisa Munthe and for which pitch they won The Nordic Talents Pitch Prize in 2002), That Special Summer and Pure. From 2014 she has been the Film Commissioner for Moving Sweden at The Swedish Film Institute. Helen has also studied photography, journalism and History of Art, and has worked as a publishing editor, still photographer and cinema projectionist, as well as being a mentor, a jury member and a popular public speaker.

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GRADUATION FILMS

THE NATIONAL FILM SCHOOL OF DENMARK www.filmskolen.dk

TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES www.tamk.fi

THE NATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION SCHOOL IN BEACONSFIELD, UK [email protected]

WESTERDALS OSLO SCHOOL OF ARTS, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY www.westerdals.no

STOCKHOLM ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS www.stdh.se

SCHOOLS

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BIRD HEARTS( FUGLEHJERTER )

FICTIONGENRE:

25 MIN.DURATION:

Benjamin and Maya share a life in the centre of Oslo. On the occasion of Benjamin’s 26th birthday, Tobias - Benjamin’s younger and more successful brother - comes to visit. During a late night dinner party, Maya tells a story about a sexual experience she had in Brazil. As a consequence, Benjamin’s insecurities and vulnerabilities begin to surface. Bird Hearts is a film about jealousy, sex, family - and the tricky power of the stories lovers tell.

WESTERDALS OSLO SCHOOL OF ARTS, COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Director: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel

Producer: Martine Solberg

Scriptwriter: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel

Cinematographer: Daniel Warren

Editor: Jonas Ekroll Bakkelund

Sound Designer: Odin Eggen Brække

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BROTHERS( BROTHERS )

FICTIONGENRE:

23 MIN.DURATION:A seismic day in the life of sixteen-year-old Chris, who lives with his hot-blooded brother David in a derelict seaside village. After finding David beaten on their kitchen floor of their bungalow, Chris’ day takes another turn when a beautiful girl from out of town steps into his world. As Chris allows himself to dream of something better, David’s dragging them down again.

THE NATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION SCHOOL IN BEACONSFIELD, UK

Director: Thordur Plasson

Producer: Emilie Jouffroy

Scriptwriter: Matthew Jankes

Cinematographer: Jannicke Mikkelsen

Editor: Neil Lenthall

Sound Designer: John Cohen

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Ten West African men come as guest workers to plant trees in Northern Sweden. Contrary to previous agreements, they are paid on provision – that doesn’t even cover the ticket home. Francis won’t stand the conditions and tries to make himself a better future. On the way he is faced with difficult decisions. For himself, the group, and his best friend Eric.

STOCKHOLM ACADEMY OF DRAMATIC ARTS

Director: Ahmed Abdullahi

Producer: Eliza Jones, Markus Waltå

Scriptwriter: Maja Winkler, Kristoffer

Malmsten

Cinematographer: Johan Hannu

Editor: Anton Hemgren

Sound Designer: Manne Kjellander

FRANCIS( FRANCIS )

FICTIONGENRE:

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IN DARKNESS( I MØRKE )

FICTIONGENRE:

28 MIN.DURATION:A hard-hitting story about a woman’s struggle to be released from a secure unit in a psychiatric hospital.

THE NATIONAL FILM SCHOOL OF DENMARK

Director: Gustav Möller

Producer: Lina Flint

Scriptwriter: Gustav Möller, Emil

Nygaard Albertsen

Cinematographer: Jasper J. Spanning

Editor: Carla Luffe

Sound Designer: Hans Christian Arnt

Torp

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Three 30+ mothers try to fit in the structure of society with work, day-care and dry clerks at the Social Insurance Agency. As a result they embarrass their kids and end up repeatedly in collision with everyone and everything.


Director: Lovisa Svensdotter

Producer: Lovisa Svensdotter

Scriptwriter: Lovisa Svensdotter

Cinematographer: Milja Rossi, Amanda

Höglund, Lovisa Svensdotter

Editor: Lovisa Svensdotter

Sound Designer: Johan Pettersson

GRADUATION FILMS

FREAKS( FREAKS )

FICTIONGENRE:

33 MIN.DURATION:

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NIGHT BEES( NIGHT BEES )

DOCUMENTARYGENRE:

27 MIN.DURATION:A new night and workday has just begun for the girls at the truck parking in southern Poland. Here, truck drivers from all over Europe stop to eat, sleep and take a break. Night Bees is a film about the people at Jarska parking; a workplace and center for trade in Europe.


Director: Joanna Karlberg

Producer: Veronika Öhnedal

Cinematographer: Kristoffer Jönsson

Editor: Magnus Eriksson

Sound Designer: Janna Johansson

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The life and dreams of a young blind woman.


Director: Olivia Chamby-Rus

Producer: Caroline Eybye

Cinematographer: Jasper Spanning

Editor: Sofie Marie Kristensen

Sound Designer: Hc Arnt Torp

OPEN EYES( ÅBNE ØJNE )

DOCUMENTARYGENRE:

30 MIN.DURATION:

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SIA( SIA )

FICTIONGENRE:

29 MIN.DURATION:The film follows Sia, 93, over the course of a day. She divides her time between her daily routines and rem-iniscing. As the day progresses she realises this exact day is her last. And it is with this realisation in mind that she asks her two best friends to aid her with her final preparations.


Director: Annika Berg

Producer: Caroline Eybye

Scriptwriter: Annika Berg

Cinematographer: Louise McLaughlin

Editor: Sofie Marie Kristensen

Sound Designer: Thomas Arent

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An unemployed father can’t afford to buy a birthday present for his son, so he plans a father and son commando adventure instead.

TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

Director: Ida-Maria Olva

Producer: Larry Cowan

Scriptwriter: Leevi Ikonen

Cinematographer: Aidan Gault

Editor: Otto Laakso

Sound Designer: Ilmari Hietala

GRADUATION FILMS

ORCHARD ROAD( ORCHARD ROAD )

FICTIONGENRE:

8 MIN.DURATION:

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THE PINK CLOUD SYNDROME( ROSA MOLN )

FICTIONGENRE:

88 MIN.DURATION:Greipr, a young alcoholic, comes out from his rehabilitation with a rekindling optimism. During his rehab he has met Lea, a single mother who currently is in a conflict with the social services regarding the custody of her daughter. Greipr, who has been living his life without having to care for no one but himself, tries to help Lea with his newfound energy. Together they start dreaming for a better life, but not all goes according to plan.


Director: Alexis Almström

Producer: Stefan Henriksson

Scriptwriter: Marioan Hosseini, Alexis

Almström

Cinematographer: Pia Lehto

Editor: Anneli Ossiander

Sound Designer: Niklas Björklund, Philip

Eriksson

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The fog rises over the river Dnjepr in eastern Ukraine. By a white curtain in the small village’s residential home stands 76-year-old Lida. She has lost contact with her son Arvid. An old birthday card and an incomplete address is all she has left. “Maybe he thinks I’m already dead?” Five years later, the director finds the son outside St. Petersburg, Russia. Like his mother, also Arvid has aged.

STOCKHOLM ACADEMY OF DRAMATICARTS

Director: Anna Eborn

Producer: Anna Eborn

Scriptwriter: Anna Eborn

Cinematographer: Kristoffer Jönsson,

Johan Hannu, Anna Eborn

Editor: Amalie Westerlin Tjellesen

Sound Designer: Mikael Månsson

THE SON( SONEN )

DOCUMENTARYGENRE:

25 MIN.DURATION:

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WE CHOSE THE MILKY WAY( OS DER VALGTE MÆLKEVEJEN )

DOCUMENTARYGENRE:

28 MIN.DURATION:Cream-coloured acrylic nails, long nylon lashes and hair from India. Soft boots and cosy-socks. Rhinestones and suntan injections. Everything here is as real as the dreams you dream with eyes open or closed. An anthropological visit to a secretive tribe of young girls on planet earth.


Director: Eva Marie Rødbro

Producer: Rikke Lassen

Scriptwriter: Eva Marie Rødbro

Cinematographer: Catherine Pattinama

Coleman

Editor: Linda Man

Sound Designer: Philip Flindt

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The lonely and loveless Tommy is studying for a biochemistry exam. The days pass by filled with studying and an increasing misuse of marijuana. One day this Thai woman, Lucy, forces her way into his apartment. Lucy is a victim of trafficking and has escaped from a brothel. Tommy tries to throw Lucy out several times, but ultimately has to give up as she insists on staying. His apartment is soon transformed into a tidy, shiny and extremely clean oasis where even exotic food is served. This new situation opens Tommy’s readiness to encounter love. He falls in love with his neighbour, Hanne, but at the same time, his feelings for Lucy grow.


Director: Aske Bang

Producer: Rikke Lassen

Scriptwriter: Aske Bang, Thor Wissing

Lange

Cinematographer: Sebastian Danneborn

Editor: Esben Bay Grundsøe, Sofie

Marie Kristensen

Sound Designer: Sigrid DPAA Jensen,

Hans Christian Arnt Torp

GRADUATION FILMS

THE STRANGER( DEN FREMMEDE )

FICTIONGENRE:

29 MIN.DURATION:

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THE 3 PITCH SESSIONS

THE 3 PITCH SESSIONSSESSION #1(FIC) THE GUILTY

Pitched by: Gustav Möller (writer, director) & Lina Flint (producer)

Graduation film: In Darkness

School: The National Film School of Denmark

A police officer turned alarm-central dispatcher is haunted by guilt from his past. He tries to redeem himself by saving a kidnapped woman over the phone. But by break-ing all the rules he begins to create a new tragedy.

(FIC) SHORTY

Pitched by: Alexis Almström (director) & Marioan Hosseini (writer)

Graduation film: The Pink Cloud Syndrome

School: Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts

Alina, a 15-year-old suburb girl, leaves her mother to take care of the local drug deal-er’s dog during the summer holiday. When he ends up in jail she gradually tries to take care of the business by herself.

(DOC) OUR COMMON BREATH

Pitched by: Eva Marie Rødbro (director)

Graduation film: We Chose the Milky Way


In Nuuk we follow a group of high school friends who party dream and play equally hard. The protagonist is a 17-year-old girl who is preoccupied with ancient Inuit mys-ticism. An old shaman, young break dancers and nightly car races on snowy streets that ends with the city.

(FIC) VIRRANSUU

Pitched by: Leevi Ikonen (writer)

Graduation film: Orchard Road

School: Tampere University of Applied Sciences

What happens when the drive of Tony “Scarface” Montana meets the criminal skills of Forrest Gump? A comedy black as midnight.

(DOC) THE BORDER

Pitched by: Joanna Karlberg (director) & Veronika Öhnedal (producer)

Graduation film: Night Bees


In the camps and squatted buildings in Calais, thousands of asylum seekers are stranded trying to get to Britain. This is a film about the people in the migration camps, the harassment from French police and the resistance against the border regime.

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SESSION #2DEATH DRIVES AUDI (FIC)

Pitched by: Aske Bang (co-writer, director)

Graduation film: The Stranger


Asger, who has lost his job and his family, is forced to work as social carer for the disabled Waldemar. It soon becomes clear to Asger that Waldemar doesn’t have much

time left to live. He decides to help drive Waldemar to Morocco to consult a healer who might be able to help him.

OCEAN OF DREAMS (TV)

Pitched by: Stefan Henriksson (producer)

Graduation film: The Pink Cloud Syndrome


When the ten-year-old girl Olivia ends up in the Ocean of Dreams, a place of freedom and justice that is our after world, she gets tangled up in a power struggle that legend

says, only a mortal child can solve.

THE TIME I OWE YOU (DOC)

Pitched by: Olivia Chamby-Rus (director, photo)

Graduation film: Open Eyes


A woman with a camera and a naive but insisting curiosity is invited into the lives and thoughts of men and women at a halfway house prison. What will it take for them to

find their way back to society? And are they really any different from the woman with the camera and the questions?

STUCK IN DUNDALK (FIC)

Pitched by: Thordur Palsson (director)

Graduation film: Brothers

School: The National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, UK

A broken alcoholic goes on a mission to avenge his daughter’s death, only to find his target is out at sea. Stuck in the small fishing town with a street-smart boy and his

mother, he inadvertently finds a new lease on life.

BORDERS (FIC)

Pitched by: Eliza Jones & Markus Waltå (producers)

Graduation film: Francis


A film in three chapters, set in Norway, Denmark and Sweden respectively, that tells the stories of those who are easy to ignore. It is the story of non-European guest

workers and migrants in an always-colder Northern environment.

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SESSION #3(DOC) LIDA

Pitched by: Anna Eborn (writer, director, co-photo)

Graduation film: The Son


Through a family tree growing in the consequences of past and current wars between Ukraine and Russia inherent emotions of regret are explored and an old Swedish lan-guage is forever lost in a riddle.

(FIC) FOREVER 13

Pitched by: Annika Berg (director)

Graduation films: Sia


A year in the life of a group of teen girls as they begin the perilous journey from child-hood in to adolescence. Hearts will be broken, virgins will deflower, wounds will heal… and turn into scar tissue.

(TV) THE VALHALLA MURDERS

Pitched by: Thordur Palsson (director)

Graduation film: Brothers

School: The National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, UK

Police Superintendent Sheerin is out of his depth when he is called to Reykjavik to help investigate Iceland’s first serial killer case, a gruesome series of murders modelled on Norse mythology.

(FIC) HIGH

Pitched by: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel (writer, director) & Martine Solberg (producer)

Graduation film: Bird Hearts

School: Westerdals Oslo School of Arts, Communication and Technology

Frikk drops out of school. His mother dumps her boyfriend. His best friend buys a tan-dem bike. A story about a seventeen-year-old boy caught between two life-defining

loves - to his seductively destructive best friend and his inexplicably sad mother.

(TV) FREAKS

Pitched by: Lovisa Svensdotter (writer, director, producer, co-photo, co-editor)

Graduation film: Freaks


Three 30+ mothers try to fit in the structure of society with work, day-care and dry clerks at the Social Insurance Agency. As a result they embarrass their kids and end up repeatedly in collision with everyone and everything.

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MASTER CLASS

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MASTER CLASS

When the last Pitching Session is over on Friday afternoon, and while the Jury makes their final decision, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO A MASTER CLASS WITH THE AWARD WINNING DANISH FILM EDITOR NIELS PAGH ANDERSEN.

Niels Pagh Andersen (b. 1958) started his career as an assistant on a fiction film at the age of 16. Since 1979 he has worked as a freelance film-editor and has cut more than 250 films of widely different categories. Among these are: Pathfinder (Nils Gaup, 1987), The War Within: A Portrait of Virginia Woolf (John Fuegi and Jo Frances, 1996), The 3 rooms of Melancholia (Pirjo Honkasalo, 2004), Everlasting moments (Jan Troell, 2008), The Kid and the Clown (Ida Grøn, 2011), Palme (Kristina Lindström and Maud Nycander, 2012) and Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing (2012) and The Look of Silence (2014).

Besides his work as an editor he has lectured and taught at film schools and universities around the world and is now part-time teaching at The Norwegian Film School as Professor in Editing.

About the Master Class he says:“WE KNOW WHEN IT’S THERE. THE MOMENT THAT MAKES US LAUGH OR CRY BECAUSE WE FEEL IT IS TRUE. THE AUTHENTIC MOMENT.It is one of our most important tools in filmmaking, but we seldom talk about it, maybe because it hard to talk about, because its magic is between the words.I will try to put into words what the The Authentic Moment means to me, and talk about how and why it works.The digital world, where everything is a copy, has created in us a longing for the original and the authentic.How can we use that in our filmmaking?”

THE AUTHENTIC MOMENT

The aim of Nordic Talents is to INTRODUCE GRADUATING STUDENTS FROM THE NORDIC FILM SCHOOLS TO THE NORDIC PRODUCERS AND FINANCIERS, and - equally important - to GIVE THE PRODUCERS AND FINANCIERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THE FUTURE TALENTS. A Nordic network is essential for the industry - and Nordic Talents is the platform to meet!

This year we let 20 of the attending producers introduce themselves at the popular Producer’s Pitch on Nordic Talents’ very first day. This to make it easier for the new talents to recognise some faces right from the start. The Producer’s Pitch will take place at the National Film School of Denmark on Wednesday evening, right after the Welcome Reception.

To highlight Nordic Talents’ 15th anniversary and give everyone better time to get acquainted, we invite you to stay for a drink after the Producer’s Pitch.

HAVE FUN AND CREATE NEW NETWORKS!

PRODUCER’S PITCH

PRODUCER’S PITCH

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WEDNESDAY 2 SEPTEMBER

18.00-19.00 Welcome Reception (presentation of the Jury, tapas & wine)

19.00-20.30 Producer's Pitch

20.30-22.00 Mingling (snacks & wine)

THURSDAY 3 SEPTEMBER

09.30-10.00 Coffee & Croissant

10.00-13.00 Film Screening I:

In Darkness, The Pink Cloud Syndrome, We Chose the Milky Way, Orchard Road, Night Bees

13.00-14.00 Lunch

14.00-15.15 Pitch Session I:

The Guilty, Shorty, Our Common Breath, Virransuu, The Border

15.15-15.45 Break, Coffee & Cake

15.45-17.40 Film Screening II:

The Stranger, Open Eyes, Brothers, Francis

17.40-18.40 Dinner

18.40-19.55 Pitch Session II:

Death drives Audi, Ocean of Dreams, The Time I Owe You, Stuck in Dundalk, Borders

19.55-22.00 Mingling, the bar is open

FRIDAY 4 SEPTEMBER

09.30-10.00 Coffee & Croissant

10.00-11.55 Film Screening III:

The Son, Sia, Bird Hearts, Freaks

11.55-13.00 Lunch

13.00-14.15 Pitch Session III:

Lida, Forever 13, The Valhalla Murders, High, Freaks

14.15-14.45 Break, Coffee & Cake

14.45-16.15 Master Class with Niels Pagh Andersen

16.30-17.30 Award Ceremony: And the Winner is…

WEDNESDAY 2 SEPTEMBERTHE NATIONAL FILM SCHOOL OF DENMARK

Theodor Christensens Plads 1, Copenhagen,

www.filmskolen.dk

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